Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Almost like Angel wings on Glastonbury Tor, this morning at sunrise.
#glastonbury #glastonburytor #somerset #tower #sunrise #sunrisephotography #golden #goldenhour #goldenhourphotography

“If we walked past a neighbor’s house and saw it on fire, we would run to assist those inside. But when we see the world in flames, we shrug and say, ‘Oh well. What can be done?’

“The answer is that quite a lot can be done, and we better get busy doing it—while there is still time.”

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/07/20/we-are-damned-fools-james-hansen/

NATO may not have a 'position' on cluster bombs, but I do. they are inhuman, as are the assholes that make, sell, buy, and use them

To observe anthropologist David Graber's recent death, I decided to read his book _Bullshit_Jobs_. To my delight, it turned out to be a rather concise description of why I had not been able to hold on to almost any job I have ever had before now: Either they were entirely bullshit jobs, or they became bullshit jobs after a reorganization.

I work for myself because I cannot tolerate the bullshit. I could probably be making a lot more money taking on bullshit jobs from people or incorporating some bullshit makework into my work, but I would rather have the self-respect to decline that.

I do seek clients who can appreciate this, though: only real problems solved, only meaningful billed hours.

OK but what if instead of travelling all the way to London and having to stay the weekend to stay in a hotel for a 5k… what if I trained for the local 10k in April 2024? That would give me 8.5 months to train. Or is that crazy talk?

@restartproject

Done:) However your submit button on my browser Firefox on Debian 11, is barely visible.

So... in the US we now have an "anti-library" party. It's remarkable how many ways republicans keep coming for libraries and librarians. From the stuff in Houston where they are turning libraries into "discipline centers" and firing librarians. To the books bans and empty shelves in Florida.

Libraries are powerful and important, and if this doesn't make that clear? I don't know what will.

Drinking alcohol is an expectation in many male-normed workplace cultures. Yet alcohol has greater neg health impacts on women. One pancreatitis patient asked her dr when she could drink again. "She said it wasn’t acceptable to not drink with clients."
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/women-us-are-drinking-death-research-finds-rcna96848

"The biggest danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like real action is happening, when in fact almost nothing is being done — apart from clever accounting and creative PR." - Greta Thunberg at #COP25, 2019

Disposable #vapes should not have been invented.

We support Greenpeace UK's petition to ban them.

https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/ban-disposable-vapes-1

At least 9 countries—including in Europe and the Middle East—have brought up Starlink with American officials, with some questioning Musk’s power over the technology.

Few nations will speak publicly about their concerns, for fear of alienating Musk.

#Musk #ElonMusk #Starlink

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html?unlocked_article_code=2kOHmSP6RSuNe4D2eAIjw5ZqafH0Pz7QhvwzGOddHGyKKgPlmF35muMeuHPZFBTLqubmhz1tJXnDMzTVqPeo7wwP5ku1aEqDQFfa-p3lh7FA6DRJJgcGOldycWvHPDG0Q129H9-l_Yy1LZuRRxZq9k6431jZpXVUqK9BdRE44xlz5oVa2ppdJvJKx8GEEry_lr8P5_Sge8_uWekUs8bGoui98iGn_mndls_2V5wJF627sJIBaqp1nFdt_AgT0MtNT69hcNgXCrDfXQS1xXQdk8f4hel1NCxZTXfLr-lUiRvH58_8gl2sh0DS5GQqJYgYHgu0OoWSo1hMybEumCLX0x-0VQ&smid=url-share

I'm gonna put this out there: If you are new to #Mastodon and have found people to be hostile, or nitpicky, and just generally unhelpful please @ me and say hi. I am happy to walk you through this place, get you comfortable, be non-judgy about helping you, and help make this place your new home. I'm gonna call this #MastoHelper If others want to help newbies, lets do it together!

We need to do more to make people feel welcome first, that's how you create a culture people want to be part of.

Yes I’ve seen it.

If you want to join high school Mastodon and block because of gossip?

Then do it

I’ll thank you for making my timeline cleaner by blocking me

And I’ll enjoy interacting with the remaining adults who follow me

You want to have an environment like Twitter then go to twitter.

I’m a sustaining Patreon of mastodon and I’m staying here

❤️

@futurebird

The first thing the Nazis tried to take away from people wasn't their guns. It was their #books.

#SaveLibraries #LibrariesMatter #Libraries #LibrariesAreEssentialForDemocracy #Librarians #LibrariansOfMastodon

"This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties.
Records of payments were entered in the Cathedral archives from 1305 to 1467, the penny a week being enough to buy food to supplement a heavy diet of rodents."

#caturday

@stux thank you for sharing this story, it’s something many take for granted. Can I insert a public service announcement, @stux and the mstdn.social team keep this instance going, please consider donating if you can.